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IMPOSSIBLE GEOMETRIES

Monday, February 22, 2010

Last night, I stopped by the opening of 177 Livingston, a terrific new space in downtown Brooklyn. This long-empty storefront will house three wonderful organizations: the online magazine Triple Canopy, the electronic arts gallery Light Industry, and the New York incarnation of the Public School, a “a school with no curriculum” with chapters in Los [...]

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A WOMAN WITH TASTE

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Leanne Shapton is the author of the book Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry which I have mentioned here before. She recently started writing a column titled We Three Things for T (New York Times Style Magazine). She has contributed for [...]

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HOW MANY INDEED?

Thursday, February 11, 2010

A nod of the head from across the pond. Thanks, we like you, too.

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TINO SEHGAL

Sunday, January 31, 2010

As a recent The New York Times Magazine article makes clear, the constructed situations of Tino Sehgal are not to be missed. Because they leave no physical trace (not even bills of sale), you only have small windows of opportunity in which to interact with his works. If only for this reason, be sure to [...]

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Eggleston & Arbus

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Those currently enjoying the winter sun in New York would do well to stop by Cheim & Reid this month, for their William Eggleston and Diane Arbus shows. Titled 21st Century, the Eggleston exhibition showcases the photographer’s most recent body work. The images bear his trademark, showcasing his deep concern for color and surface, as [...]

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WHITNEY BIENNIAL ARTISTS

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari, curators of the upcoming Whitney Biennial, found quite a charming way to announce the artist list, including names such as David Adamo, Richard Aldrich, Kate Gilmore, Piotr Uklański, Pae White, and Robert Williams. The Biennial is the Whitney’s panoramic survey of the latest trends in American art – don’t miss [...]

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HERR ZEITGEIST

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

German Curator Klaus Biesenbach, 43, Founding Director of KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin and of the berlin biennial, is the new head of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City in New York and curator at large of The Museum of Modern Art – on January 1, Biesenbach takes over as the [...]

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The Nor’easter

Saturday, December 19, 2009

And it’s here. Possibly one of the 10 biggest winter storms on record. The long-johns are out, the parka is prepped. The only solace I’ve found is in this Andrew Moore photo, because no matter how bad New York or Berlin gets, someplace in Russia has got it worse. The upshot is, they have indoor [...]

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WORLD OF GIVING

Saturday, November 28, 2009

This is ostensibly the season of giving, so it is worth mentioning Jeffrey Inaba’s new book World of Giving, dedicated to exploring this cornerstone of human sociality. An architect and professor, Inaba researched, edited, and wrote the book with C-Lab, an ‘experimental research unit’ he directs, as an extension of their current Donor Hall [...]

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FISCHLI WEISS

Friday, November 6, 2009

If you’re in New York, you should stop by Matthew Marks Gallery for the Peter Fischli David Weiss exhibition. Most known for the astounding The Way Things Go - a Rude Goldberg-like video full of fire, catapults and slow dissolves - the Swiss artist duo also work with encyclopedic archives of banal tourist photos, and [...]

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